Brian Ellsworth

CARACAS A Florida firm has sued Venezuela for $34 million for defaulting on bonds that matured in 2018, according to a filing in a U.S. court on Tuesday, in what may be the first legal strike by a creditor since the OPEC nation broadly defaulted on its debt.

CARACAS, Dec 17 A group of creditors has
demanded payment on $1.5 billion in defaulted Venezuelan bond,
their lawyer said on Monday, kicking off a long-awaited showdown
between creditors and the crisis-wracked OPEC nation.

GENEVA/CARACAS The United Nations on Monday announced $9.2 million in health and nutritional aid for crisis-stricken Venezuela, where hunger and preventable disease are soaring amid the collapse of the country's socialist economic system.

Venezuela's former national treasurer admitted receiving over $1 billion in bribes as part of illicit foreign currency operations that involved a local television mogul now indicted in U.S. courts, according to U.S. court documents unsealed on Tuesday.

Nov 20 Venezuela's former national treasurer
admitted receiving over $1 billion in bribes as part of illicit
foreign currency operations that involved a local television
mogul now indicted in U.S. courts, according to U.S. court
documents unsealed on Tuesday.

CARACAS A former finance executive of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA accepted $17 million in bribes as part of a broad embezzlement scheme, U.S. federal prosecutors said on Wednesday, in a case that implicates a French oil firm and a Russian bank.

CARACAS, Oct 31 A former finance executive of
Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA accepted $17 million in
bribes as part of a broad embezzlement scheme, U.S. federal
prosecutors said on Wednesday, in a case that implicates a
French oil firm and a Russian bank.

NEW YORK/CARACAS The United States imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's wife and several of his top allies on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump urged members of the United Nations to support a "restoration of democracy" in the once-booming OPEC nation.

CAUCAGUA, Venezuela Venezuela's school year began on Monday with few students arriving in classrooms amid a crippling economic crisis that has left many families unable to afford supplies or provide their children with enough food to focus on schoolwork.

CAUCAGUA, Venezuela Venezuela's school year began on Monday with few students arriving in classrooms amid a crippling economic crisis that has left many families unable to afford supplies or provide their children with enough food to focus on schoolwork.

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A U.S. judge fiercely criticized President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday for lying to FBI agents in a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and delayed sentencing him until Flynn has finished helping prosecutors.

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